Are you sure it was the strap and not the watch itself?  Is it possible
the bees can detect the frequency used to control the watch?

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Dave Cushman wrote:

> Hi Adrian & all
>
> >     That happened to me a lot until I realized that the black color of
> > the strap and of the watch --- with two shiny "eyes" on the body of
> > the watch


> It has occurred with or without gloves and the straps were jointed stainless
> steel links.

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